Using it to launch apps is pointless as you have the dock, If you need short-cut keys to launch files/apps, there is a free utility: Spark. You need to name your files properly to use LaunchBar. LaunchBar is more responsive because it only indexes filenames, Spotlight looks inside the content of pdf, rtf, html, doc, etc. I was using it for a day and started liking it then I realized I can do the same thing in Spotlight.
QuickSilver used to be a 'must-have' utility for many Mac users, LaunchBar had taken it's place, it works the same way but is more up to date. I wouldn't want to waste my memory to play with icons on my desktop. It is a fun desktop toy that is marketed as a productivity tool.
Devonthink pro rashes on open Pc#
Bumptop, a PC desktop utilities which was just launched for the Mac uses over 80mb of ram and keeps increasing when you add more stuff to the desktop. Utilities that strive to improve OSX must be efficient, if it is overladen with functions and slows down then it is not worth using.Īnother concern is memory footprint, some utilities consumes a fair bit of memory while performing simple computing chores. There are many document managers that capitalizes on tagging, made popular by iTune, but seriously who would tag every files on the Mac? In the end, I find myself going back to good old Finder and Spotlight. The latest version took more than 5 seconds to load, I can open the Finder instantly, why bother? PathFinder is a good software, it is a super-finder loaded with many useful functions but when you started using it you find yourself wondering if it really does speed up your productivity. The so-called "Getting Things Done" softwares are flooding the Mac platform, there are just as many utilities trying to improve the basic OSX functionality. Many of the applications were sold on their looks with basically the same functions as their competitors, only in a different variation when it comes to workflow.
Devonthink pro rashes on open software#
From my observation, many Mac developers have very pretty websites with great marketing but what it comes down to in the end is a piece of software that looks good and promises so much yet disappoints just as much. Mac users are very different from PC users, they want an application with a good looking interface, there's nothing wrong with that except that many of these pretty apps are not really useful or practical.